Right-winger Mike Knuble was a hard-working role player on the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers in the late 1990s. A prolific scorer as an amateur and in the minors, he accepted a more defensive role to stay in the NHL.

The Toronto native moved to Michigan as a teenager and scored in bunches for East Kentwood High School in 1989-90. He then spent a year with the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings before playing four years at the University of Michigan. Following his solid year in Kalamazoo, he was drafted 76th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

He enjoyed an excellent college career, leading the CCHA with 38 goals in 1994-95 and being placed on the CCHA Second All-Star Team twice and the NCAA West All-American Team once. In 1995 he was selected to play for the United States at the World Championships.

Knuble was a solid minor leaguer with the Adirondack Red Wings for two seasons before making the Red Wings roster in 1997-98. The defending Stanley Cup champions were looking for Knuble to utilize his speed and anticipation to forecheck and neutralize the speedy forwards on the opposition. He responded with a solid rookie season and decent work in three playoff games as the Wings repeated as Cup champions.

He was traded to the New York Rangers late in training camp in 1998 and gained a more versatile role with his new team. Knuble scored 15 goals and 35 points for the Blueshirts and represented the US at the 1999 World Championships. The hustling winger played 59 games for the struggling Rangers in 1999-00 before he was sent to the Boston Bruins. During his first year in Beantown, Knuble scored 20 points, played sound defensive hockey, and killed penalties while suiting up for all 82 regular season games.

In 2002-03, Knuble finished third on the Bruins in scoring with 59 points on 30 goals and 29 assists and went on to play parts of five seasons with the club before being signing as a free-agent with the Philadelphia Flyers in the summer of 2004.

Aside from his World Championship appearance in 1995, Knuble has gone on to represent the U.S. on three other occasions at the Worlds' (1999, 2001 and 2005), and once at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

After sever productive years offensively with the Flyers, Knuble inked a deal with the Washington Capitals on July 1, 2009 as an unrestricted free agent.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1988-89

East Kentwood High

High-MI

28

52

37

89

60

1989-90

East Kentwood High

High-MI

29

63

40

103

40

1990-91

Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings

NAHL

36

18

24

42

30

1991-92

University of Michigan

CCHA

43

7

8

15

48

1992-93

University of Michigan

CCHA

39

26

16

42

57

1993-94

University of Michigan

CCHA

41

32

26

58

71

1994-95

University of Michigan

CCHA

34

38

22

60

62

1994-95

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

3

0

0

0

0

1994-95

United States

WC-A

6

1

2

3

2

1995-96

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

80

22

23

45

59

3

1

0

1

0

1996-97

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

9

1

0

1

0

-1

1996-97

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

68

28

35

63

54

1997-98

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

53

7

6

13

16

+2

3

0

1

1

0

1998-99

New York Rangers

NHL

82

15

20

35

26

-7

1998-99

United States

WC-A

6

0

0

0

10

1999-00

New York Rangers

NHL

59

9

5

14

18

-5

1999-00

Boston Bruins

NHL

14

3

3

6

8

-2

2000-01

Boston Bruins

NHL

82

7

13

20

37

0

2000-01

United States

WC-A

9

2

0

2

2

-1

2001-02

Boston Bruins

NHL

54

8

6

14

42

+9

2

0

0

0

0

2002-03

Boston Bruins

NHL

75

30

29

59

45

+18

5

0

2

2

2

2003-04

Boston Bruins

NHL

82

21

25

46

32

+19

7

2

0

2

0

2004-05

Linkopings HC

Sweden

49

26

13

39

40

6

0

1

1

2

2004-05

United States

WC-A

7

4

2

6

8

+4

2005-06

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

82

34

31

65

80

+25

6

1

3

4

8

2005-06

United States

Olympics

6

1

1

2

4

+1

2006-07

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

64

24

30

54

56

+2

2007-08

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

82

29

26

55

72

-3

12

3

4

7

6

2008-09

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

82

27

20

47

62

+5

6

2

1

3

2

2009-10

Washington Capitals

NHL

69

29

24

53

59

+23

7

2

4

6

6

2010-11

Washington Capitals

NHL

79

24

16

40

36

+10

6

2

0

2

8

2011-12

Washington Capitals

NHL

72

6

12

18

32

-15

11

2

1

3

6

2012-13

Grand Rapids Griffins

AHL

1

0

1

1

0

0

2012-13

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

28

4

4

8

20

-4

NHL Totals

1068

278

270

548

641

65

14

16

30

38

CCHA Second All-Star Team (1994, 1995) NCAA West Second All-American Team (1995)

Traded to NY Rangers by Detroit for NY Rangers' 2nd round pick (Tomas Kopecky) in 2000 NHL Draft, October 1, 1998. Traded to Boston by NY Rangers for Rob DiMaio, March 10, 2000. Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 3, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Linkopings (Sweden), August 2, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 1, 2009. Signed to a PTO (professional try-out) contract by Grand Rapids (AHL), January 18, 2013. Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, January 25, 2013.